henneberg is live for us at the white house with those. good morning, molly. >> good morning, gretchen. there is a new poll from the "wall street journal" owned by the parent company of this network and although this race may come down to a handful of states, these national polls are a national snapshot of how the country feels right now. this one out today has the president ticking up a bit. it's a poll of registered voters and it shows the president has a six point lead. 50-44% in this "wall street journal" poll. that's up from the 4 point lead that he had last month. this poll was taken after the attack in libya last week. but before governor romney's comments on people being dependent on government. in the right track wrong track question, 55% of registered voters say america is on the wrong track. 39% say it's on the right track. that's a 7 point increase since august. as for what the candidates are doing today, today the president will be at the white house. he and the vice president had a meeting here with secretary of state hillary